WASHINGTON: The Trump administration announced that it is halting child care funding to the northern state of Minnesota after a series of alleged fraud schemes in recent years.
"We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota. You have probably read the serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade, " Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O'Neill said on social media platform X.
Starting Tuesday, all Administration for Children and Families payments across America "will require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence before we send money to a state, " the statement said.